I. This is an Invitation for All, an Open Invitation The author invites us to worship. Twice, in verses 1 and 6, he said, “Come.” Verses 1 and 6 mentioned “us” seven times. The author is not inviting just any one person but he is inviting all of us to worship together. Individual worship is of course very important – praying daily, singing praises, reading the Bible and worshipping God is good. But corporate worship is truly more wonderful.
What is worship? Worship is responding to God. The English word, worship, means He is worthy of our all. Worship is not simply the act of singing praise songs, or listening to the preaching, or giving our offerings. Worship itself is a kind of response. We are saying from our hearts, “Lord, you are truly great!” and this is worship; that is, praise coming from our hearts. Worship is when we drop our treasured money into the offering box because we are giving God thanks for his grace and glory, because He is worthy. When we sing praise songs, pray, present song offerings, listen to the preaching, give offerings, we are saying to the Lord, “You are worthy!” This is worship. The author invites us again and again to worship the Lord together. Sometimes, our hearts and minds aren’t prepared, or when we are in the midst of troubles and our hearts are heavy, we find ourselves without strength to worship, and yet when we come and worship the Lord together with our fellow believers, we will influence each other, andthen, we become encouraged. This cannot be found in individual worship. Indeed, we must treasure the invitation we get each Sunday.
By Rev. Jeremiah Cheung
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